This course is designed for students and professionals from outside of Africa. It has a solid grounding in wildlife forensics with educational touristic activities. The course focuses on knowledge building and skills creation with interactive learning in the ecology of greater Cape Town.
The training includes the following:
There are many educational touristic activities:
Cost $3250, which includes accommodation, catering, transport and permits. Alcoholic drinks and transport to Cape Town are excluded.
This course builds on the two week course with another two weeks of expanded practical training and lectures with not only forensic but also veterinary and ecology topics. The venue will be the Wildlife Forensic Academy in the Western Cape and other educational sites in the Karoo and Eastern Cape. This course is suitable for wanting to receive a unique African Wildlife educational experience in the fields of wildlife forensics, veterinary science and ecology.
The training includes the following:
There are many educational touristic activities:
This course goes into depth and provides hands-on training for a unique African wildlife educational experience. The theory and knowledge gained from training at the Wildlife Forensic Academy is built on by field training that makes for a once in a lifetime experience.
Cost $6400, which includes accommodation, catering, transport and permits. Alcoholic drinks and transport to Cape Town are excluded.
The data science for nature conservation course is organised by the Wildlife Forensic Academy and Sensing Clues Academy. The course is highly hands-on. You can work on rich datasets provided by the trainers, or work on your own data. The maximum number of participants per course is 12.
Participants should have MSc-level or about to complete their MSc studies. Basic knowledge of statistics is a pre, as is experience with Python or R-Studio.
The training course spans 10 days and comes with an 8 hour personal online support. The first 3 days are online and used to introduce you to a number of core methods and technologies. The core of the training is given at the Wildlife Forensic Academy in South Africa. Classroom sessions are alternated with CSI-field exercises and excursions. After the training is completed you can ask for hands-on support while working on your own anti-poaching strategies.
The package, including accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner in South Africa. Please enquire admin@wildlifeforensicacademy.com for a price for the course.
Conflicts between people and nature are increasing. As a result of population growth, livelihood expansion and development, wild animal numbers and species are decreasing. Intensive agriculture promotes managed mono-cultures, resulting in the habitat of animals becoming increasingly smaller. Due to overpopulation and intensive industries, we are polluting our planet and transforming it into a garbage dump.
The good news is that people and organizations are starting to realize more and more that the exploitation of our environment must be stopped. Businesses, organizations and groups of like-minded people educate themselves on the current situation of our planet and ask themselves how can we make a contribution? To facilitate these groups, the Wildlife Forensic Academy organizes study trips.
During these trips you will hear the real story regarding the state of wildlife and the hope that we can save what still can be saved. Lectures and excursions are organized under the guidance of passionate professionals. During the trip you will gain insight into the threat that wildlife crime and the illegal wildlife trade holds for our planet. We visit projects, we go to communities and we get inspired by speakers. Everything takes place within the Western and Eastern Cape where we also get acquainted with rich African history, wine and food culture in the finest locations. The study visit takes place in an entirely malaria-free environment. For this purpose, please do not burden yourself before and afterwards with taking malaria medication.
This course is a luxury educational wildlife forensic study tour. The lectures and practical training immerse you in the field of wildlife forensics, providing solid background information and team building experiences. The duration of the course is flexible and can be tailored to suit each individual.
The academy educational component will include:
There are many touristic activities:
Cost depends on duration, which includes accommodation, catering, transport and permits. Certain alcoholic drinks and transport to Cape Town are excluded.
Please get in touch with us for applying at the Academy, further information or questions.
Andro Vos
andro.vos@wildlifeforensicacademy.com
Greg Simpson
greg.simpson@wildlifeforensicacademy.com
The academy offers training for African professionals such as rangers, law enforcement officials, customs officials and students in ecology, zoology, conservation medicine, veterinary science and other relevant courses.
The courses are designed to give knowledge and skills that are relevant to the African professional that will be exposed to wildlife crime scenes or illegal wildlife trade. The course level will be appropriate for the attendees.
Courses
This is a focused training program for professionals and students wanting to increase their knowledge and skills in the field of wildlife forensics. It is suitable for African law enforcement and customs officials, wildlife rangers, judiciary and those with an interest in developing knowledge and confidence in the wildlife forensic field.
The training will include the following:
The educational touristic activities:
Game drives and educational walks in surrounding reserves will supplement the training. The training will be done in a reserve on the West Coast of South Africa.
Cost $900, which includes accommodation, catering, transport and permits. Alcoholic drinks and transport to Cape Town are excluded.
This course is designed for students and professionals from Africa. It gives in-depth training of wildlife forensics and crime scene management. It is suitable for African law enforcement and customs officials, wildlife rangers, judiciary and those with an interest into getting a practical background to the field and developing their crime scene management skills.
The training includes the following:
There are educational touristic activities:
Cost $1950, which includes accommodation, catering, transport and permits. Alcoholic drinks and transport to Cape Town are excluded.
This course is designed for international students from outside of Africa. It has a solid grounding in underwater wildlife forensics with educational touristic activities. The course focuses on knowledge building and skills creation with interactive learning in the underwater ecology of greater Cape Town.
The training includes the following:
Week 1: basic diving course PADI open water diver including:
Week 2: Underwater Crime Scene Investigator Diver
Theory
Practice
Training and familiarization with the:
Cost $3250, which includes accommodation, catering, transport and permits. Alcoholic drinks and transport to Cape Town are excluded
The Wildlife Forensic Academy can also help provide internships to students who wish to extend their experience beyond a course. Please indicate your interest in the course application page and we will contact you for more information.
Internship partners
To provide you with the best and most reliable internships, the Wildlife Forensic Academy cooperates with two experienced internship organisations in Cape Town as well as providing its own internships. You only have to choose the internship field.
Process
Simply fill in your application form for a course and indicate that you would like to do an internship as well. The Academy and our internship partners will contact you to make sure they have the information needed, such as your CV and internship field of interest. Based on this we will offer you opportunities at organisations which best suit your interests.
We will assist you with your visa and will arrange your accommodation. We’ll also pick you up from the academy, and travel with you on your first day to introduce you to your internship organisation.
Internship fields
Internship places
Wildlife Forensic Academy’s ultimate goal is to combat wildlife crime. This task is being carried out by brave wildlife rangers, who are usually first to discover and enter a wildlife crime scene. However, due to a lack of forensic knowledge, they tend to destroy valuable evidence, thus they must be trained in crime scene awareness. By taking part in a course the Academy is set to offer ranger training at a low cost!
Apply for a course and support ranger training.
To apply at the Academy, or for further information of any kind please contact:
Andro Vos
andro.vos@wildlifeforensicacademy.co.za
Greg Simpson
greg.simpson@wildlifeforensicacademy.co.za
